date:Jul 10, 2012
st the use of plant extracts, especially grape seed and green tea extracts, as viable alternatives to pharmaceutical inhibitors of the glycoside hydrolase enzymes, alpha-amylase and alpha-glucosidase,wrote the researchers.
Whereas EGCG appears to be mainly responsible for the inhibitory effects on alpha-glucosidase activity of the plant extracts investigated here, the contribution of other catechins and catechin 3-gallates should not be discounted.
Source:Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemi